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Keith Rogers

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Overview

Keith Rogers has a PhD in Management from Queen's as well as an M.A.Sc in Management Sciences (Supply Chain Management) from the University of Waterloo and an M.A. in Economics (Econometrics and International Economics) from Queen's. He has published research in the journal of Operations Management, Development Economics and the Journal of Business Ethics.

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Academic Area

  • General Business

Interest Topics

  • Analytics & AI
  • Crisis Management
  • Economics
  • Global Business
  • Government & Policy
  • Management
  • Operations

Faculty Details

Profile

Full Bio

Keith Rogers has a PhD in Management from Queen's as well as an M.A.Sc in Management Sciences (Supply Chain Management) from the University of Waterloo and an M.A. in Economics (Econometrics and International Economics) from Queen's. He has published research in the journal of Operations Management, Development Economics and the Journal of Business Ethics.

Prior to returning to academia, Dr. Rogers was a Manager in Accenture's Supply Chain Planning and Strategy Practice, where he worked with a number of clients in electronics, transportation and chemicals. He also spent several years with Methanex Corporation leading the global operational planning team and working on special projects.

His current efforts are focused on developing educational materials, including workshops, textbooks and cases to support students and working professionals in the areas of analytics and artificial intelligence.

Academic Degrees

PhD, Management
Queen’s University (2009)

Master of Applied Science, Management Sciences
University of Waterloo (1996)

Master of Arts, Economics
Queen’s University (1994)

Publications

Published Research

Jenkin, Tracy A., Chan, Yolande E., Skillicorn, David B., and Rogers, Keith W. “Individual Exploration, Sensemaking and Innovation: A Design for the Discovery of Novel Information”. Decision Sciences, 44(6), 2013.

Mihir A. Desai, Devesh Kapur, John McHale, Keith Rogers, “The Fiscal impact of High-Skilled Emigration: Flows of Indians to the U.S.”, Journal of Development Economics (2009).

Michelle Inness, Julian Barling, Keith Rogers, Nick Turner, “De-marketing Tobacco Through Price Changes and Consumer Attempts to Quit Smoking”, Journal of Business Ethics (2008).

Keith Rogers, Lyn Purdy, Frank Safayeni, P. Robert Duimering, “A Supplier Development Program: Rational Process or Institutional Image Construction?”, Journal of Operations Management (2007).

Textbooks

“Statistics for Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, 2nd edition” (with Alex Scott)

“Analytical Decision Making” (with Alex Scott)

“From Data to Insight” (with Alex Scott)

Other Publications

“A Tool to Personalize Your Teaching,” Keith Rogers and Ana Ortiz de Guinea, 2012, ISBN: 978-0-9866653-4-9

Teaching

Courses Taught

  • Comm 161 – Introduction to Mathematical Analysis for Management
  • Comm 162 – Managerial Statistics
  • Comm 172 – Managerial Economics
  • Comm 173 – International Business
  • Comm 341 – Operations Management
  • Comm 375 – International Business and the Nonmarket Environment
  • APSC 400 – Technology Engineering and Management Advisor, Topic: Developing a Sustainable Energy Strategy for Mining in West Africa
  • CHEE 421 – Chemical Engineering Thesis Co-Supervisor: Alternative uses for Distressed Natural Gas Preparatory Mathematics for Graduate Students
  • MMA 860 – The Acquisition and Analysis of Data
  • MMA 863 – Mathematical Foundations for Analytics
  • MMAI 863 – Mathematics and Development Techniques for AI
  • MBAS 860 – Mathematical Foundations for Analytics
  • MGMT 988 – Applied Statistics and Econometrics, Guest Lecturer, Topics: Event Studies and Bootstrapping

Directed Readings on Various Topics

  • Comm 501 – Social Entrepreneurship
  • Comm 501 – Applications of Combinatorial Optimization to Route Planning
  • Comm 501 – The WTO’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism
  • Comm 501 – Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Comm 501 – Optimal Tax for Oil Extraction
  • Comm 501 – Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem and Business Ethics
  • Comm 501 – Bootstrapping to Control for Family-wise Error
  • Comm 501 – Turning Out for Trade: An Examination of the Relationship Between U.S. Voter Turnout and the Design of American Trade Policy Since 1934
  • Comm 501 – Application of Genetic Algorithms to a scheduling system
  • Comm 501 – Readings in Evolutionary Psychology (two deliveries)
  • Comm 501 – Social, Commercial and Economics Impact of AI
  • Comm 502 – Developing a scheduling system using Taboo Search

Interests

Statistics / Econometrics, International Business & Strategy, Operations management

Presentations

“The Effects of ‘Green’ on IT/S Projects: Recycling the Garbage Can Model,” Rogers, Keith W., Jenkin, Tracy A., Corbett, Jacqueline, Webster, Jane. In The Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January 2013. Best Paper Award.

“Supplier Governance and the Outsourcing Lifecycle,” Keith Rogers, Chialin Chen, Annual Production and Operations Management Society Conference, 2011.

“Selecting Economic Immigrants, an Actuarial Approach,” John McHale, Keith Rogers, CLSRN Immigration Workshop, October 2007.*

“Strategic Pricing in Online Auctions”, Keith Rogers, Terrence Beckman, ASAC, June 2007.

“Optimal Design of an Immigration Points System,” John McHale, Keith Rogers, Canadian Economics Association, May 2006.*

Awards

Fellowships

Smith Teaching Fellowship (2018)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (2004-2007)

Scholarships

Ontario Graduate Scholarship, declined in favor of the SSHRC Doctorial Fellowship (2004)

Geoffrey H. Wood Scholarship (2004)

McLaughlin Scholarship (2004)

University of Waterloo, Management Science Student Scholarship (1994, 1995)

Teaching Awards

Frank Knox Teaching Award (Honorable Mention) (2017)

Frank Knox Teaching Award (Nominee) (2007, 2010)

Service

Smith Renewal, Promotion Tenure Committee Equity Rep, 2018-2019

Smith Workload Committee (Chair) 2018-

Smith Commerce Equity / Diversity Committee 2017-2018

Smith Commerce Academic Integrity Committee 2017-2018

Smith Commerce Culture Committee 2017-2018

Adjunct Fund for Scholarly Research Adjudication Committee 2016-2017

Smith Renewal, Promotion Tenure Committee 2016-Present

Smith School of Business Appointments Committee, Equity Rep 2013-2016>

Academic Appeals Committee of the Faculty Board, 2009-Present

Reviewer for Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Reviewer for Higher Education Division | Oxford University Press

Various Case Judging 2009-Present

Teaching Assistant Management Committee, 2011-2012

Faculty of Law Internal Academic Review Team, 2007-2008

Principal’s Advisory Committee, reappointment of Dean of the School of Business, 2007

Promotion, Tenure and Review Committee, 2006-2007.

Ph.D./M.Sc. Committee (i.e. admissions and program design) 2004-2005

Queen’s Entrepreneurship Competition – Case Competition Judge

Queen’s Conference on Business and the Environment – Case Competition Judge

Intercollegiate Business Competition – Case writer